Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
out and about

press craft house

We really like the downtown version of Press Bistro (though we’ve only been there for lunch so far), so we thought we’d give their airport location a try. We went out for dinner last night with Carol and Bob to do just that.

They had a pretty limited menu. It consisted of some appetizers, a bunch of burgers, a couple chicken sandwiches and a couple salads. The food was average. The service was great (though we were the only patrons there for the first hour or so of our dinner). I think I’ll stick to the downtown location, though.

books

the ocean at the end of the lane

Despite clocking in at 181 pages, this book took me weeks to read. Not because it wasn’t good — it was quite good — but because it coincided with me installing Scrabble on my phone. I. Cannot. Stop. Playing.

Witches…childhood…memories…I’m struggling to explain the plot, so just read it.

My rating: 4/5

out and about, small business ownership

steeler party

A couple we are friends with invited us to a Steeler party at their house this afternoon. I used to work with the male half of the couple, so there were a few other former co-workers in attendance, too. It was good to get caught up with those people. I can’t say I watched any of the game, but I did have a good time.

Afterward, we went to the office and put down a couple more deck boards. We’re over halfway done! But, now we’re at the point where we have to figure out the trap door. We talked through it today and I think we got things figured out (mentally speaking). We’ll see how it works out in reality. I hope to get some more work done on the project this week, but we’ll have to see how things are going as weekdays are usually pretty busy.

small business ownership

fall production

The back porch decking and railing at our office has needed replaced since we bought the place in 2008. Recently Brian made the proclamation that it wasn’t going to last another winter, so I had to get it on the schedule. We started on the project today. Everything went as planned (for a change) and we’re exactly where I hoped to be with the project.

We removed all of the old stuff, which will be taken to the dump on Monday. The only wrinkle we ran into was that Brian had to replace the pipe that goes to our outside spigot and we had to run to the hardware store for a part. All of the wood underneath the deck was sound, so that made the day easier. We did get about a third of the deck down this afternoon. Jake was a huge help, so much so that I mostly stood around and fetched things.
It’s not as simple as putting the rest of the deck down, though. Under the porch, there’s a stairwell that goes to the basement, so we need to figure out a trap door for that. We kind of have an idea what we’re going to do, but don’t have all of the details hammered out yet. Then there’s the railing to do, which seems like it should be pretty easy, but who knows?
Our old railing went into brick columns so there are some holes that need to be filled and there’s some painting to do, but that stuff will likely have to wait till spring.
pets

lizzy: an update

Lizzy continues to be stable, though she hasn’t improved much in the past week. In fact, we had a little backslide when we reduced her medication early in the week, so now she’s back to the higher dose. She’s able to walk and stand, but she’s still pretty unstable. I know this took a long time to resolve the first time, but I just wish I could remember more details about it so I had a better idea of how she’s doing.